George Gandy, Director of Athletics at Loughborough University and former GB Olympic Team Coach, received the 2008 BAWA Ron Pickering Memorial Award for Services to Athletics at their annual dinner last October.

George has coached over 75 international athletes in the past 30 years, most notably Sebastian Coe while he was a student at the university.

Seb joined Jean and Shaun Pickering on stage at the presentation of the award and paid tribute to the conditioning work that George had given him that provided the basis for much of what he achieved. "It was quite revolutionary stuff," he said.